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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!thoughtport!usenet From: hal@thoughtport.com (Hal Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: AHA+ATI+TYAN=NFG? Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 03:38:08 GMT Organization: Wyvern Labs Lines: 25 Message-ID: <315b58dd.1348418@news.thoughtport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wyvern.thoughtport.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 Is this a known problem? FreeBSD 2.1 would not boot from the standard SCSI boot floppy on the following system: TYAN Titan-III motherboard, P-100 CPU (Step 5), 32 MB RAM Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI host adapter ATI OEM Mach 64 video, 1 MB DRAM SCSI hard disk, SCSI CD-ROM drive. System crashed immediately after CPU detection. Snow crash. Going into *visual* mode and disabling all non-essential devices did not improve things. NT 3.51 Workstation also crashed during install on the same system until a patched device driver was downloaded from Adaptec. The guy doing the NT install said he came across numerous references to ATI vs Adaptec problems on TechNet. FreeBSD works perfectly with all peripherals mentioned above when the motherboard/CPU is ASUS + 486DX4-100. Problem was eliminated on the TYAN system by swapping the video board for a Diamond Stealth. Unfortunately, I did not have time at work to pursue the puzzle. Maybe other readers of this list can shed some light. ??